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Saturday, July 13, 2013

RIP Joe Conley

'Waltons' actor Joe Conley dies

Associated Press

Posted:07/11/2013 08:39:42 AM PDT

Updated:07/11/2013 08:39:43 AM PDT

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Joe Conley, an actor best
known as storekeeper Ike Godsey on the TV series "The Waltons," has
died at age 85.

The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that according to
wife Louise Conley, Joe Conley died at a care facility in Southern California
on Sunday. She says he had suffered from dementia.

A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Conley had bit parts on 1960s
series like "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies"
before he landed the role on CBS's "The Waltons" in 1972 that would
last nearly a decade.

Conley played Ike Godsey, postmaster and owner of the
Jefferson County general store frequented by the Walton family in
Depression-era Virginia. He appeared in 172 episodes over nine seasons and in
TV movie reunions that lasted into the 1990s.

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.